There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!

When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.

It is hardly possible to suspect another without having in one's self the seeds of baseness the party is accused of.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.